Gutter bracket



Jan. 8 1924. 1,480,435

I. GREEN 1 I GUTTER BRACKET Filed March 18, 1921 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES IRVIN GREEN, F PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.

GUT'IER BRACKET.

Application filed March 18, 1921. Serial No. 453,314;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVIN GREE acitizen of the United States, residing at Pontiac, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Iming construction, and an object of this in-- vention is to provide a bracket which is simple in construction, may be easily manufactured.

Another object of this invention is to provide a gutter bracket as specified, which will not require an excessive number of tools for mounting it in position, as well as one which may be mounted in a minimum length of time and with minimum effort.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description and in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of'the improved gutter bracket showing it applied.

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the improved gutter bracket.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of the inner attaching end of the improved gutter bracket.

the outer endof the improved gutter bracket.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the improved gutter bracket 1 is designed so that it can be stamped at a single operation from sheet metal to materially reduce its manufacturing cost and it comprises the main arcuate body 2 and a top plate 3 which extends at right angles to-the body 2 and is provided with suitable openings 4; to permit its attachment to the frieze of a building beneath the eaves for supporting a gutter 4: of ordinary construction. The main body 2 of the gutter bracket 1, adjacent to the attaching part 3, is relatively wide and is provided with a recess 5 cut therein forming an arcuate tongue 6. The

Figure 4 is an enlarged side elevation of.

inner terminal of the recess 5 curves rather abruptly in the reverse direction as shown at 7 and on a much shorter radius than the radius of the trough or gutter a so that when the edge of the gutter 4 is engaged in the recess 5 it will be crimped or bent slightly to prevent longitudinal movement of the gutter or trough 47 relative to the bracket 1. In the usual construction of gutters 4: their outer edges 8 are rolled and the outer free end 9 of the bracket 1 is provided with a hook shaped portion for engaging over the rolled edge 8 of the gutter as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing and the hook shaped end 9 is shaped to provide a pointed projectionlO which fits between the rolled edge 8 and the gutter 4' and with the bill 11 which is normally bent into position indicated by dot-ted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawing. After-the gutter 4 11313 been properly positioned in the gutter brackets the bills 11 are bent towards the bodies 1 of the brackets into substantially the position shown insolid lines in Fig. 2 ofthe drawing which provides means for anchoring the gutters 4' to the gutter brackets or supports 1.

It is of coursefto be understood that the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in different relations and, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: y

A gutter supporting bracket stamped from sheet metal and comprising an arcuate arm having an attaching portion on one end and having a hook-shaped gutter-roll engaging portion on its other end, said hookshaped end forming more than three-fourthsof a circle and adapted to be bent laterally of the bracket to be brought into engagement with the roll of a gutter.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

IRVIN GREEN. 

